Word Document Icons Changed

[Guest]

I am running Windows XP home edition. I have used Office XP for some time
but recently switched to Office 2003 Professional. Since doing so, I have
encountered a strange problem. Whenever I open a folder (I think anywhere,
and on any drive) the normal Word document icons in every folder and on every
drive are switched to the generic icon that Windows uses for unknown files
(this does not happen to the icons representing files created by the other
programs in Office 2003). The generic
looking icons still work -- they open the proper documents -- and the regular
Word 2003 icons are restored whenever I re-start. However, the appearance is
very distracting. What is going on ? (I was told to post here rather than
on an Office site).

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

The generic looking icons still work -- they open the proper documents
-- and the regular Word 2003 icons are restored whenever I re-start.

Install TweakUI and see if this helps:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

TweakUI > Repair > Rebuild Icons > Repair now.

 

[Guest]

Thanks -- I tried it, but it did not work.

Install TweakUI and see if this helps:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

TweakUI > Repair > Rebuild Icons > Repair now.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Thanks -- I tried it, but it did not work.

See if increasing the icon cache helps. Start > Run: Regedit
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Create the string value "Max Cached Icons" (modify if present) and
assign the value "4096". Restart and check if the problem has been
resolved.